Learning by Giving: An Update from CSPL 210
Money and Social Change isn’t your typical college course. In an exciting shift from theory to practice, participants learn about different approaches to philanthropy and impact investment and then put...
View ArticleVote for WesAGE in Zipcar’s Students with Drive Competition
An exciting announcement from WesAGE co-coordinator Sheri Reichelson ’16: WesAGE (Wesleyan’s Alliance for Generational Exchange) has been selected as a Finalist for the November 2014 Students with...
View ArticleConsensus Decision Making: An Update from CSPL 210
What will CSPL 210 do with the $10,000 they received from the Learning By Giving Initiative? Here’s the latest update from Bobbby Cunningham ’15: The Money and Social Change class has made great...
View ArticleShafique ’15 and Alam ’15 Honor Lives Lost in Peshawar School Attack with...
In response to the December 16th massacre at the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wesleyan students Neha Shafique ’15 and Syed Mansoor Alam ’15 have founded Project141, an organization that...
View ArticleStudent Spotlight: Alicia Gansley ’15
Civic engagement takes many forms at Wesleyan: volunteerism, activism and advocacy, community-based work, and more recently, unique academic experiences like service-learning and civic engagement...
View ArticleReblog: Banner Dropping the “T” Word
This article by Jacob Seltzer ’17 appeared on Wesleying, Wesleyan’s student life blog. Read the original here. A couple days ago, a series of banners were displayed in Usdan urging students to not to...
View ArticleStudent Spotlight: Alexandria Irace ’15 on the Health of Communities
Alexandria with her NEAT mentee Service-Learning courses can involve a wide range of activities that extend well beyond traditional volunteer service. For The Health of Communities with Professor Peggy...
View ArticleBUKO Site Launch
2014 PCSE Seed Grant recipient Joaquin Benares ’15 brings “the internet in a box” to the Philippines with BUKO – Boundless Update Knowledge Offline. This low-cost electronic library stores files from...
View ArticleCIR Proposes Divestment from Coal Assets
Institutions like Wesleyan are meant to make the world a better place. In addition to their educational mission, this also means investing in — and divesting from — a wide variety of other causes. Joli...
View ArticleVolunteering Abroad: A Discussion on the Roles of Development
An invitation from Marina King ’16, student coordinator for the Wesleyan chapter of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO): Is all help actually helpful? Is it possible to volunteer abroad without...
View ArticleGirls in Science Camp Reflection – Draw a Scientist Revelation:
The following post is shared from Green Street Teaching and Learning Center, by Stacy Uchendu ’17 We had three amazing college students work with us to deliver the Girls in Science Camp at Green...
View ArticleCenter for Prison Education: Fall Book Drive
Wesleyan’s Center for Prison Education created an Amazon Wish List for the books their students will need for the upcoming semester. So far they have received over 150 book donations! – As of 9/1...
View Article1 Year Out: Maggie Feldman-Piltch
1 Year Out is an interview series highlighting alumni from the class of 2014 who are engaged in public service, entrepreneurship, or nonprofit work in any capacity- through their employment, a...
View Article1 Year Out: Sophia Riffkin
1 Year Out is an interview series highlighting alumni from the class of 2014 who are engaged in public service, entrepreneurship, or nonprofit work in any capacity- through their employment, a...
View ArticleGirls in Science Camp Reflection – No Limits
The following post is shared from Green Street Teaching and Learning Center, by Stacy Uchendu ’17 We had three amazing college students work with us to deliver the Girls in Science Camp at Green...
View Article1 Year Out: Oladoyin Oladapo
1 Year Out is an interview series highlighting alumni from the class of 2014 who are engaged in public service, entrepreneurship, or nonprofit work in any capacity- through their employment, a...
View ArticleGirls in Science Camp Reflection – “What I Learned”
The following post is shared from Green Street Teaching and Learning Center, by Anna Redgrave ’16 We had three amazing college students work with us to deliver the Girls in Science Camp at Green...
View ArticlePCSE Seed Grants in Action: Report #2 from the Wesleyan Doula Project
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards annual seed grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Each...
View ArticlePCSE Seed Grants in Action: Report #2 from Potlux
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards annual seed grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Each...
View Article1 Year Out: Chris McGinnis
1 Year Out is an interview series highlighting alumni from the class of 2014 who are engaged in public service, entrepreneurship, or nonprofit work in any capacity- through their employment, a...
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